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08-06-2007 03:44 PM

sailhog

I could be wrong, but I don't think so. Why someone would admit to sailing a multihull boat after reading that... it's beyond me... Sailingdog obviously needs medical attention. He might even require a voodoo witch doctor.

08-06-2007 03:43 PM

sailingdog

I'm sure Dame Ellen would be interested in your definition too.

08-06-2007 03:32 PM

TSteele65

Quote:

Originally Posted by sailhog

Sailingdog,
This comes right out of the Royce's (pgs. 101-103). Let's see what it has under, say, multi-hull captains... just let me look for a minute... wait, here it is... ooh my... my, my, my, my... oh good lord... holy sh--... sweet sassymollassy.... that's sick... how does it fit?... oh, that's how... that's... incredible... so that's why SD isn't allowed to travel internationally... which explains the boat... Wow...

...is that legal outside Tijuana?

08-06-2007 03:08 PM

sailhog

Sailingdog,
This comes right out of the Royce's (pgs. 101-103). Let's see what it has under, say, multi-hull captains... just let me look for a minute... wait, here it is... ooh my... my, my, my, my... oh good lord... holy sh--... sweet sassymollassy.... that's sick... how does it fit?... oh, that's how... that's... incredible... so that's why SD isn't allowed to travel internationally... which explains the boat... Wow...

08-06-2007 02:48 PM

sailingdog

Sailhog-

I think you've got the descriptions reversed...

08-06-2007 02:19 PM

sailhog

Ragtimedon,
Webster's Dictionary defines race as "any distinct group of human beings." Catalina owners are distinguished by their rugged good looks and good taste. People who race sailboats are also of a race also, and are distinguished by facial tics, an affliction of genital herpes, and a tendency to suck their thumbs with their sphincters. I'm not making this up.

08-06-2007 01:26 PM

RAGTIMEDON

Charlie, what do you mean by saying it is a shame we have to share the water with them? In my mind, the real tradgedy is that we have to share our insurance premiums with bozos like him!
As to calling Gui a racist -- he hates Catalina owners. Could you really call Catalinaa owners a race, by any meaning of the word? Well, yes, even turtles can race, I guess..............

08-06-2007 12:52 PM

Joel73

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebs001

Sailaway, you are right about the Tar Heels not being derived from sailing. There are at least two other theories about the name, though. You might like this one better. "The explanation on the state's official web site for its colorful and imaginative dialog. It traces the nickname's source to the Civil War. Retreating soldiers left a column of North Carolinians to battle the enemy alone. Later, the North Carolinians met the fleeing troops and told them for the next battle we'll put tar on your heels to make them stick. Gen. Robert E. Lee, on hearing the story, reportedly exclaimed, "God bless the Tar Heel boys." "(Yahoo)
Jack Tar is a sailor, but tar is listed as a synonym as well and dictionary.com gives sailor as one of the definitions of tar.

Just for the record: Very good... you get an A+ on your NC History test!!!!! I am a NC native... your updated answer is %100 correct.

Sailaway... you are exactly right about the states history of producing Tar, Pitch & Turpentine too. So.. the term "Tar Heel" is derived from a couple different sources. There are others too that i can't recall of the top of my head... or the bottom of my feet!

edit: one of these day's i'll learn to spell.

08-06-2007 11:02 AM

ebs001

Sailaway, you are right about the Tar Heels not being derived from sailing. There are at least two other theories about the name, though. You might like this one better. "The explanation on the state's official web site for its colorful and imaginative dialog. It traces the nickname's source to the Civil War. Retreating soldiers left a column of North Carolinians to battle the enemy alone. Later, the North Carolinians met the fleeing troops and told them for the next battle we'll put tar on your heels to make them stick. Gen. Robert E. Lee, on hearing the story, reportedly exclaimed, "God bless the Tar Heel boys." "(Yahoo)
Jack Tar is a sailor, but tar is listed as a synonym as well and dictionary.com gives sailor as one of the definitions of tar.

08-05-2007 12:44 PM

Insails

Wow...did this thread ever get hijacked!!!...LMAO

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